CHICAGO -- Ben Wallace has a message for Ron Artest: Don't mess with me.
The Pistons center made that clear Tuesday night when he was asked about some of the remarks Artest made about him during a recent interview with Sporting News regarding the pair's infamous brawl at The Palace in Auburn Hills back in 2004.
"I see Ben, I'm on my guard now," Artest said during the interview, "I'm always in the mood to fight him I'll get suspended 10 games, 15 games [because] I'll just fight him right there. It won't go into the stands."
In the same interview, Artest also went on to describe how he used to drink at halftime while he was playing with the Bulls.
"He said he wants to fight me?" Wallace asked reporters before the Pistons-Bulls game.
"Yeah," a reporter responded.
"Well, [you] need to test him and see if he's still drinking," Wallace said.
Wallace was more forthcoming about the comments than he had been earlier in the day when a reporter asked him if he wanted another round with Artest.
"[Do we have] anything else to talk about?" the Pistons center responded. "[I don't want to] waste my time talking about Ron Artest."